Overview

• Malvani police arrested Siddharth Rajkumar Patel on Wednesday and booked him under relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions, including attempt to murder.
• The 23-year-old mother and her three-and-a-half-year-old were admitted to Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Shatabdi) Hospital in Kandivali, where doctors say they are out of danger and remain under observation.
• According to police, Patel forced the woman to swallow a strip of Crocin tablets before attempting to strangle the child with an extension-cord wire.
• Neighbours rushed in after the woman screamed and called the police helpline, and responding officers rescued both victims and detained the accused.
• Investigators say the woman and child moved into his Malad flat about a month ago on the condition she cut contact with her estranged husband, and reports differ on the accused’s age, listed as 39 or 43.